Battery-box.



R. J. STEPHENSON.

BATTERY BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8,1914.

Patented June 13, 1916.

- vwe ntoz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT J. STEPHENSON, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE STEPHENSON SUPPLY COMPANY INC., OF AUBURN, NEW YORK, -A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BAT TERY-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une13, 1916.

Application filed June 8, 1914. Serial No. 843,691.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT J. STEPHEN- SON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Battery-Box, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to battery boxes for holding the dry cells used in motor boats and motor vehicles to produce the ignition spark, and it has for its object a battery box having an individual waterproof and insulated compartment for each of the battery cells in which the cell can be received without removing the carton.

Theinvention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In' describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan of my battery box, the cover being removed and the handle being shown as broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the battery box.

This battery box comprises a suitable cont-ainer, and a plurality of individual waterproof and insulated compartments fitted within the container for receiving the dry battery cells.

1 is the container which ,may be of any suitable form, size or construction, the same being preferably formed of metal.

2 are the individual cells or compartments, each consisting of, side wallswhich engage the side walls of thecontiguous compart mentsor the side walls of the container.

here shown, the compartments 2 are .snugly within the container 1. These com-o square tubes and all the compartments fit which is poured in the bottom of the contamer forming a layer 3, and before the compound sets, the lower ends of the comlining.

6 is a cover for the box, the same bein gprovided with suitable binding devices 7 towhich the wires are attached, which wires are connected to the' terminals of the batteries. In the making of this battery box, the

bottom lining 5 and side lining 4; are inserted in the sheet metal container and water proof compartments or tubes 2 are fitted within the same, these compartments being lifted off the bottom so that there is a space between the lower edges thereof and the bottom. The material 3 is then poured in a fluid condition into the container so that it flows under the lower edges of the compartments 2 and before such material har-j dens, the compartments are pressed downwardly so that their lower edges are 'embedded in the layer 3. Hence, the'compartments 2 are waterproof andinsulated from each other so that it is impossible'for, onedry cell to short-circuit with another. This advantage is further increased,by the fact that each compartment is composed of fourwalls individual to such compartment.

Owing to the compartments, the batteries cannot shuttle around in the'bo'x, and the liability of the same becoming damaged is avoided.

WhatI claim is:

A battery box comprising a container, a

plurality of battery compartments fitted within the container, each compartment including a tube, the sides of which abut against the sides of the contiguous compartments or against the inner sidewalls of the. container, and the container being provided on its bottom with a layer of waterproof and of Cayuga, in the State oflNew York, this insulating material in which the lower edges 23rd day of May, 1914.

of the. tubes are enibetltletl substantially as ROB'D l STEPHENSON. and. for the purpose (lean-med.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto \Vitnesses: signed my name in the presenve of two at- DAVID M. ()snouxn,

testing witnesses, at Auburn, in the county H; P. \VE'rurmuY. 

